International Journal of Waste Resources

Evaluation to install an IFMSW processing center for cement plants in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico

2^nd World Congress and Expo on Recycling

July 25-27, 2016 Berlin, Germany

Jorge Emigdio Sanchez Polito

UNAM, Mexico

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Int J Waste Resour

Abstract:

In the last few years, Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) have become a very important issue in many countries, especially Mexico. Wastes have evolved during the last decades with regards to both volume and composition, mainly because of population growth, changes in consumption habits and an inefficient management by the local environmental authorities and society itself, leading to negative impacts on several environment areas such as underground and surface waters, air and soil. In order to prevent environmental contamination, it is necessary to install a waste management infrastructure that fulfills standard requirements. The selection of sites meeting environmental and technical requirements is very important in the construction of MSW-related infrastructures. This document discloses the analysis conducted to select sites that fulfill standard technical and environmental requirements based on a multi-criteria evaluation of the geographic information systems for installing a processing center for the Inorganic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes (IFMSW) in the state of Hidalgo. Currently, there are few centers of this type in Mexico and most of them do not comply with these requirements leading thus to inefficiencies.

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Email: jorg_sp@hotmail.com